Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

A statue of Ethan Allen is spoken of to
be placed at Ticonderoga
Rev. DIR. James Freeman Clarke is stead
lily reganing health and strength
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Brooklyn
residence has been leased to lady who
will let furnished lodging rooms.
Mr. George w. Gable has been invited
by the trustees of the Paramount ladies'
college, Wichita, Kan, to take the position
of president in that institution.
Gen. Henry w. Slocum has placed him
self in the field as a candidate for the po-
sition of national commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, which will have
its national encampment in st. Louis on
September 2S.
Many of the prohibitonists who have
been attending their convention at Sing
Sing, n. Y, wore miniature golden cranks
upon their breasts to show their contempt
of the appellation frequently applied to
representatives of prohibition.
The following figures are suggestive
being the majorities for the democratic
ticket in Kentucky of late important years
1876, 62.5l0 1850, AZ, 754 1854, "a, $50 1887,
17,Ul5.
The prohibtionists made good deal OF
noise in New York and Pennsylvania last
week, but at the same time it was OBJ
served that they did not boast las much as
usual of the enormous vote they would
poll this year.
: Ex-senator Roscoe Conkling occasional
ly turns the heads of his span of roadsters
away from Central Park for spin out on
the Boulevard 1t has been noticed that
on such occasions, as he passes the tomb
of General Grant, he invariably raises his
hat and pays tribute to the dead man by
holding it thus for moment
The Hon. John c. New, the most influ-
| entail republican politician of Indiana,
says republicans will carry that State in
| lSSS. Senator Harrison is the first choice
of Indiana republicans for president, and
Senator John Sherman second. The nOmi-
| nation of Blaine again they believe mex
| pedent
OF Admiral Luce the Boston Post says
THE admiral is perhaps the most distin
guished scholar in our navy, and is well
known as a man of the greatest discretion.
| He has seen too much OF the world and is
| too old soldier to care about the wanton
| and ignorant newspaper attacks upon MIN,
| but it is pity that they should be made
William Z. Scott the Pennsylvania mil
| lionaire Congressman, is to manage the
interests of the administration at the
! forthcoming Pennsylvania convention.
| He Will specially ndorse Cleveland's tar
if policy, and will consequently be
| brought into sharp antagOnism with Ran
| dali. All efforts to come to an under
standing with Randall have been aban-
doned and a lively fight is looked for.
A newspaper to advocate the election of
| Governor Hill to the presidency is about
| to be started in Georgia. Its editor de-
| cl4res that Hill Is stronger in every was
| than Mr.. Cleveland, and presents the only
| chance to the democrats of carrying New
| York in 1855" Many democrats concede
| that Mr.. Cleveland is not so strong in
New York State as he was in 1854, and
| then be just managed to squeeze into
office with plurality of l041.
Mr.. Phelps returned from Scotland after
ten days visit to Mr.. Hargreaves Brown,
NJ. p. devoted mainly to grouse shooting.
Deer stalking has begun earlier this year
| than usual, and Mr.. Phelps had a shot at
one stag which he killed. He remains in
| London till September l, when he joins
Lord Fitzgerald's party at Sittingbourne.
Mr.. Phelps's health, somewhat impaired
| by the unusual severity of the social sea
son. and his protracted residence in Lon.
don, seems quite restored by the Scotch
|aIr.-Trtblne London Correspondent.